Congenital aphantasia is considered the inability to consciously generate visual imagery. Although there are early descriptions of this disorder going back to Aristotle, it was not formally described ...

Penn Medicine-led research outlines criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, advancing clinical trials and treatment options for this common but underdiagnosed memory-loss ...

Researchers discovered a new function for a common protein in the brain -- a development that sheds new light on the mysteries of the mind and holds promising implications for the treatment of memory ...

While they share similar depressive and cognitive symptoms, the biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are distinct. A novel study appearing in Biological ...

Dynamic mechanisms of engram maturation. During the allocation, engram allocation is primarily governed by enhancements in intrinsic neuronal excitability, driven primarily by increased ...

Memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is marked by a distinctive profile of strengths and challenges across multiple domains. Individuals with ASD often display intact or superior performance on ...